Improvement in car-couplings



No. 41,837. Patented Mar. 8, 1864.

Witnesss:

Inventor,

AM. PHUTO-LITHO. C0. N.Y. (OSBORNE'S PROCESS.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARLTON FOSTER, OF OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN CAR-COUPLINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 11,837, dated March 8, 1864 coupling of Railway-Oars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and op eration of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawin gs,makin g a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a horizontal section Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal section cutting Fig. I through the red dotted line. Fig. 3 is a geometrical elevation of face of bunter. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of adjustable eye and levee.

Fig. 5 is a coupling-pin.

The whole is constructed of iron, wherein a a and a a are duplicate frames and bunters. f are duplicate connecting-links. b b are du plicate chambers in which the stationary end of links ff are secured by pins d d. c c are d iplicate chambers wherein links ff traverse and couple, and are secured by coupling-pinsee. 10, Fig. 2, is an adjustable eye, of which there are duplicates, secured by and work on pivot n at bearingsii. (Seen in Fig. 3.) h is aslot in top and g'is a slot in the bottom of frame 0r bunter, (seen in Fig. 2,) in which couplingpin 0 traverses when cars are in the act ofcoupling or uncoupling. p 19, Fig. 3, serve to adju it the connecting-link to a central position. q is a lever attached to eye It, and is for the purpose of raising coupling-pin 0 when in the act of uncoupling. m isa hook to secure lever q in horizontal position. I

In operation my invention is a selfcoupler, and as cars are uncoupled are. always, without further adjustment, left ready for coupling. The several parts are respectively constructed in duplicate. Insert the couplingpin 0 perpendicularly in the eye 70 of each bunter, the connecting-link f being secured in left chamber,b, of each bunter by pin d, and the cars are adjusted for coupling. 'As the cars come together the connecting-links traverse the funnel-shaped chambers c c, Fig. 1, raising the coupling-pins ee, angularly passing under, the coupling-pins swing inside cure the lever in a like position by hook m on opposite bunter; or, if the cars are not sufficiently near together to permit; the couplingpin to clear the link, raise the coupling-pin by hand until it will clear the link and secure the lever as before described, and the cars are uncoupled. Then,as the forward car leaves the rear car, the hooks m are detached from lever q, and. the cars are respectively adjusted for recoupling.

It will be observed that with this style of coupler either end of a car will couple with any other car having a like coupler.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The construction and use of the eyes It, connected to levers q, for the purpose of receiving and holding in position the couplingpins 0, and operating them in their respective bunter-s, as herein described and set forth.

2. In combination with the foregoing, the mode of securing the connecting-links, as at d d, for the purpose herein described.

3. The combination of said eyes, levers, links, and hooks m and bunters aa, a a, in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

CARLTON FOSTER.

Witnesses W. G. Biron, G. W. WAsHBURN. 

